Some thoughts on some of the movies I watched this week.
Little Women (Version with Winona Ryder); Classic story shot gorgeously in period with wonderful actors. Problem: How does Kirsten Dunst grow up into Samantha Mathis? Strangely feminist story in which all characters end up happily married. It reminded me of when I first saw it at the Midcity movie theatre with Regan. It made me want fresh bread and an orange.
Raising Helen: Beautiful beautiful Kate Hudson the fashionista must raise her sister's suddenly orphaned kids. She can no longer go clubbing, but has to buy turtles and tie shoelaces and date a school principal. I love to watch Kate Hudson anyway but I really liked this movie. It was true in its depiction of sisterly relationships and moving on a chick-flick stepmom level. It was also funny and romantic. (She finds happiness with guy and children but the movie implies that she would have been happy without them too, in her old life.) It also had that classic 'Make-Jenni-Love-It' bit where the lead character falls down. It was hilarious.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: Stunning to look at. It was literally a comic book come to life. It had the crazy plot of a Jules Verne novel and the actors were all very good-looking and fit right into the characters. I think the place it fell down as an entertaining movie is that we've all grown out of that kind of storytelling. Sure it's a 40s recreation thing, but we're in the noughties now. We can watch movies with more depth. I dunno, I struggled to stay interested and I think it's the same as if I tried to watch all the Saturday morning cartoons I used to watch. I've grown past that.
But it was gorgeous to look at.
Posted by jenni at March 17, 2005 11:39 AM